Table of contents

Introduction; Part One: The challenges for Gender Equality in Education Fragmented Frameworks?; Researching women, gender, education and development - Elaine Unterhalter; Ensuring a fair chance for girls - Global Campaign for Education Measuring gender equality in education - Elaine Unterhalter, Chloe Challender, and Rajee Rajagopalan; Part Two: Transforming Action - Changing Policy through Practice Educating girls in Bangladesh: Watering a neighbour's tree? - Janet Raynor; The challenge of educating girls in Kenya - Elimu Yetu Coalition; Learning to improve policy for pastoralists in Kenya - Ian Leggett; When access is not enough: educational exclusion of rural girls in Peru - Patricia Ames; Crossing boundaries and stepping out of purdah in India - Mora Oommen; Pastoralist schools in Mali: gendered roles and curriculum realities - Salina Sanou and Sheila Aikman; Part Three: The Challenge of Local Practices - Doing Policy Differently?; Learning about HIV/AIDS in schools: does a gender-equality approach make a difference? - Mark Thorpe; Gender, education, and Pentecostalism: the women's movement within The Assemblies of God in Burkina Faso - Alicia Zents; Enabling education for girls: the Loreto Day School Sealdah, India - Ruth Doggett; Conclusion: policy and practice change for gender equality - Sheila Aikman and Elaine Unterhalter; Index